As summer winds down, it means the 33rd annual Alaska Airlines Dawg Dash is fast approaching! Over the years, thousands of UW staff, faculty, students, community members, and friends have participated in this one-of-a-kind race through UW’s Seattle campus, forging an incredible sense of accomplishment and community all while supporting education through student scholarships. Participants of [...]

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As the skies cleared and the temperature dropped a bit going into our last week of our Raise the Bar summer challenge, teams were able to find a few unique ways to eating well during their lunch hour. See how some teams celebrated the cool down during Week 7 of our summer wellness challenge. We will [...]

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Summer is the best time to experience new things and spend time with your family and friends – but that doesn’t mean your summer break needs to be expensive. The Whole U is here to help you find some amazing deals from a variety of categories, whether you want to visit a spa and resort, [...]

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Hailing from Yakima and wearing a well-loved Mariners cap, Dr. Andrew Loveless might seem like your average Washingtonian. However, the principal lecturer in the Department of Mathematics has set himself apart in a field that is notoriously difficult to teach. In his classes, Loveless utilizes a strategy of gamification that emphasizes student engagement to mitigate [...]

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With clouds of smoke engulfing Seattle and UW, teams were still able to fire up ways to foster wellness in the workplace, from lunches with other teams to funny wellness walls. Check out how UW fought through the haze during Week 6 of our Raise the Bar summer challenge. (Catch up on our recaps from [...]

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If the thousands of photos snapped Sunday, August 12 at UW Photo Day could talk, they’d tell the stories of more than 2,400 enthusiastic participants set against the backdrop of the University that brings them together. For the fifth iteration of the annual free UW Photo [...]

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When the stressors of life as a social worker attack, Sandra Kinney jabs back with a two-pronged defense. By day, Kinney provides training and support to thousands of Washington’s child welfare workers, foster parents, and caregivers through more than 125 classes and customized coaching sessions as interim executive director of the Alliance for Child Welfare [...]

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Whether teams were enjoying great music and a collegial atmosphere at Sylvan Grove or checking off items in our 30-Day Kindness Challenge, Raise the Bar participants once again came up with plenty of ways of taking steps to a healthier, kinder, more compassionate summer. Take a look at how UW kept it live during Week [...]

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UW made waves in Week 4 of Raise the Bar—rounding out a creative, connection-filled first month of our summer challenge for fostering wellness in the workplace! (Don’t miss the items from Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3). What did Week 4 hold in store? Let’s find out! Making Waves Mary Jane Lohr, project director for Moms & [...]

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Breakfast can be rough. After you’ve hit snooze a few times, there’s not too much time left to whip up a gourmet meal. Enter: smoothies. There is no tricky prep; it’s easy to pack with nutrition; and it’s fun to sip as you start your day. That said—we’ve all endured a less than satisfying smoothie. [...]

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Barbara Bartolatz knows what it means to be from Tacoma. She grew up in the city’s North End, attending Stadium High School where she was an active participant in regional philanthropy efforts such as the second annual Relay for Life. She also knows what it means to be resilient. The first in her family to [...]

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UW teams and individuals entered Week 3 of the Raise the Bar summer wellness challenge ready to build on momentum from Week 1 and Week 2. The sun was out and temps were blazing, but that hardly stopped hardy packs of Huskies from cruising to success in activities ranging from organizing a community clean-up walk to [...]

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